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SHARKS; ...and then, and then, and then...The making of a best seller

By Ted Morgan ();

April 21, 1974,

, Section SM, Page 266, Column , words

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The publishing business is to other businesses as a tightrope walker is to a jogger. Both are moving from one point to another, but while the jogger remains fairly secure on the ground, the tightrope walker teeters in midair. With each step he risks afall. So it is with publishing.

April 21, 1974

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